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<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<\/h3>\n\n\n\nWe need your help to name Buddy’s bud! Head to our Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a> or Instagram<\/a> pages and write your name suggestions in the comments. EMBL Events will choose the best name on 8th April \ud83d\ude42 #NameBuddysBud <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Once upon a time there lived a yeast cell called Buddy He loved to dress up, and play and travel He felt alone and scared in the dark He visited places all the time, As time passed by, the thought remained, Soon he couldn\u2019t walk or move, There were four limbs, a belly and head, And suddenly Buddy understood, We need your help to name Buddy’s bud! Head to our Facebook, Twitter or Instagram pages and write your name suggestions in the comments. EMBL Events will choose the best name on 8th April \ud83d\ude42 #NameBuddysBud Once upon a time there lived a yeast cell called BuddyWho was loved and cared…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7662],"tags":[7782,7784,7786,7660,7788],"embl_taxonomy":[],"class_list":["post-332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-competitions","tag-mysciencepoem","tag-namebuddysbud","tag-worldpoetryday","tag-competition","tag-world-poetry-day"],"acf":[],"embl_taxonomy_terms":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/course-and-conference-office\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.svg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/course-and-conference-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/course-and-conference-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/course-and-conference-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/course-and-conference-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/course-and-conference-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/course-and-conference-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51868,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/course-and-conference-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332\/revisions\/51868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/course-and-conference-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/course-and-conference-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/course-and-conference-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332"},{"taxonomy":"embl_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/course-and-conference-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embl_taxonomy?post=332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who was loved and cared for by everybody
He lived in a palace of glass and steel
Right on top of a big green hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And was always ready for a nice warm cuddle.
But one thing bothered Buddy at night
When the palace staff all left the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And couldn\u2019t wait for the day\u2019s first spark.
He was a cutie, slightly chubby
Yellow, green and purple, soft and fluffy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even once pursued a crater climb.
He longed for someone just like him,
But thought the chances were quite slim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But no solution came to his lonely brain.
The pressure soon became too much
He grew so round he could hardly budge!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So he just lay down, stuck in the groove.
Early next morning, he yawned and groaned
And suddenly his other side moaned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That smiled at him and mischievously said:
\u201cGood morning, how are you today?
What a wonderful place you have to play\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His weight, his size, his changing mood.
He had his longed-for friend at last!
\u201cBut what shall I call him?\u201d Buddy asks\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"